What We Do & Successes

What We Do

Sharing learning, experiences and energies is what it is all about. We support groups and organisations across a range of inter-linked areas of business planning and income generation to build their capacity.

Carrying out an evaluation to assess the impact of current work, including organisational strength reviews

Supporting Lead Officer/Trustees to develop new business plans and strategies

Creating marketing materials which highlight organisational effectiveness and achievement of its social mission

Developing a new income generation strategy

Developing and writing funding applications

Equipping organisations with sustainable skills in all of the above areas

Providing support beyond our initial involvement to help organisations sustain their progress.

Recently, our work has been focused on working in areas we know well, are passionate about and where we have a strong track record, in the east of England and London. But we are now working right across the country.

Our Success Stories – some numbers & highlights

Almost a decade ago in response to the Coalition Government’s austerity agenda and the then PM’s social policy focus on ‘Big Society’ we founded the company to develop capacity building, evaluation and income generation consultancy support services for struggling and financially fragile voluntary sector organisations. Clients have included:

We trained 26 people to become Big Society – ‘Fiery Spirits’- community activists.

Over several years, as part of the CIC’s ‘pro bono’ programme, the organisation has undertaken significant capacity building assignments with groups like Portuguese Community in Action (East), East Timorese Community Association and the Polish, Latvian and Sudanese communities in Thetford and Peterborough respectively. In all cases developing close partnership and co-production working relationships.

Our Branding Work

Click on the panel below to find examples of recent branding and design we’ve undertaken for VCSE organisations.

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KEY SERVICES

Carrying out stakeholder consultation to better understand needs

Conducting evaluations to assess the impact of current work and promoting this in compelling impact reports

Creating compelling marketing materials to promote your cause

Developing new income generation strategies

Working up & writing funding and tender applications, including creating collaborative partnerships and fresh ways of working

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